Foundation for Montana History grant part I completed, part II awarded for 2025
Resonance, Voices That Shaped the Ninepipes Museum
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Bud Cheff and Steve Lozar
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Willie Matt and Cameron Decker
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Joyce Silverthorne and Joyce Decker-Wegner
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Richard Tobel and Ron Jenkins
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CHARLO — Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana is excited to announce the completion of year one of a three-part grant through the Foundation for Montana History. Year one entailed recording the stories of the collection through the voices of people of the Flathead Reservation in collaboration with Aspen and Cameron Decker, educators and owners of Xwlxwilt, LLC., who will develop the recordings into a series of podcast episodes from elder’s interviews in year two of the grant project, integrating Salish language into the audio content, and designing gallery cards and QR codes for museum exhibits.
The project focuses on building and sustaining museum educational programming, with the goal of sharing inter-generational knowledge of the reservation and the museum collection through storytelling, technology, and museum visits while working with schools and community stakeholders to meet community and educational goals.
Ninepipes Museum is deeply grateful to the Foundation for Montana History for providing funds for this multi-year project.
